Title

The Ceramic Tiles and Murals of Jean Nison

Subject

Mid-20th century modern ceramic tile artist Jean Nison (1922- )

Description

A discussion of the ceramic tile murals of Jean Nison (b. 1922), who is an almost-forgotten mid-20th century modern ceramic artist. Nison was active from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s. Some of her commissions included the Tichenor residence in Long Beach, CA; the Lippincott residence in Scarsdale, NY; the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Berkeley, CA; the "Arts of Daily Living" exhibit in Pomona, CA; and Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. She exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Ctafts and the Dallas Museum of Art.

Title

Isaac Broome: Innovation and Design in the Tile Industry after the Centennial Exhibition

Subject

A discussion of Isaac Broome's contributions to the development of the tile industry after the Centennial Exhibition.

Description

Isaac Broome was a sculptor, artist and designer during the last half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century. He was influential in the successful beginnings of three industrial tile companies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Title

Subway Ornamentation in New York City

Subject

Ceramic ornamentation in the New York City subway system under Heins and LaFarge and Squire Vickers.

Description

The New York City subway system had different styles of ceramic ornamentation under different supervising architects and at different periods of time. This article illustrates the different ceramic ornamentation in the subway system.

Title

PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK CITY: THE CETA TILE MURALS AT CLARK STREET

Subject

The CETA tile murals at the IRT Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn, NY.

Description

In the 1970s and 1980s the CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) Art Program hired artists to create public art. One such project in New York City was the two tile murals in the arcade of the IRT station at Clark Street, Brooklyn. This article describes the work done by the three artists, Alan Samalin, Johan Sellenraad and Joe Stallone from start to finish.

Title

Concrete and Tiles-I: Moyer, Mercer, Murosa

Subject

Early 20th century concrete buildings with tile ornamentation.

Description

Descriptions of the historic, concrete Moyer House (South Orange, NJ) and Fonthill (Doylestown, PA) and their Moravian Pottery and Tile Works tiles; and of the "Murosa" concrete buildings and Mueller Mosaic tile decorations.